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as in raincoats
a coat made of water-resistant material
he put on his slicker and boots and headed out into the rain
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as in sophisticates
a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers
dressed in their designer duds, the out-of-state slickers stood out amongst the locals at the harvest supper
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Recent Examples of slickers
City slickers will definitely get a bang for their buck with this place, which is a lot more spacious than a shoebox on the Upper East Side.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slickers
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Pair a bomber jacket with your everyday jeans, style a classic denim jacket with everything from wide-leg pants to dresses, or add waterproof raincoats to your spring wardrobe to stay dry when the rainy season arrives.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
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Houston-area Mardi Gras events and Valentine’s Day plans may compete with strong winds, heavy rain, and even some hail Saturday night, so keep your raincoats and umbrellas handy.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Houston Chronicle,
14 Feb. 2026
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Heartland churchgoers, urban sophisticates, football neophytes—everyone got swept up in his will to win.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2026
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Despite parents’ efforts, allowances aren’t necessarily minting a new generation of financial sophisticates.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
10 Dec. 2025
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There's a matinee for students and daytime explorers and a Saturday night outing for date-night cosmopolitans.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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If top-level soccer is now played by something like rootless cosmopolitans, it’s financed by billionaires who are no longer primarily European.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Their work, however, has survived in the deep trenches at New Cut which have endured for three hundred years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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His journey — from the ideological trenches of the Caracas socialist regime to the cultural corridors of Hollywood — offers a rare window into how power, influence and reinvention intersect across borders.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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The American team could certainly have done without the aggravation of running to the pro shop to buy alternative waterproofs in 2010 because they were getting soaked in their official gear.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Slickers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slickers. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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